While
in
Detroit:More
than
50
Howard
students
will
spend
a
week
mentoring
and
working
on
literacy
with
high
school
students
in
the
Detroit
area.
Detroit
currently
has
a
nearly
47%
functional
illiteracy
rate,
one
of
the
worst
in
the
country...more

Highland Park Grad Returns to Show Others They Can Do It Too

WASHINGTON
– Julian Johnson
returns to his Detroit
neighborhood March
14 a success.

Two
years ago, he
was a less than
promising student
at Highland Park
Community School
going nowhere
in particular.
His grades were
mediocre and he
had no thoughts
of college.

But
he met a group
of Howard University
students in his
senior year who
changed his life.
They were part
of the University’s
Alternative Spring
Break (ASB) program
that will be returning
to the Detroit
area this year
to work with more Detroit
area residents.

“I’m
a product of ASB,”
said Johnson,
now a sophomore
at Howard.
“I wouldn’t
be going to school
if ASB didn’t
come.”

Like
many of his classmates,
Johnson said,
higher education
wasn’t high
on his list.

Detroit
is the largest
city in
the state
of Michigan
and the
seat of
Wayne County.
Detroit
is a major
port city
on the Detroit
River in
the Midwest
region of
the United
States.
The city
has two
familiar
nicknames,
the Motor
City and
Motown...more